Planning+&+Mtg+Notes

BOE doing study group and would like next one to focus on technology (middle of January)
 * //__Meeting Minutes from 12/1 meeting with Patti, Laurie, Josh, Lori__//**
 * have group of students come in and have teachers demonstrate how they use technology during instruction
 * want to see it used in classrooms on daily basis, integrated into instruction
 * 1 HS, 1 Elementary, 1 MW example
 * we should suggest teachers who might also be a part of our task force who could be asked to do this
 * We would like to try to include the following technologies to be demonstrated
 * SMART Boards
 * Tablet PCs
 * SynchronEyes
 * Podcasting
 * Blogs
 * Wikis

We need to outline a structure for the task force Purpose - to develop the "vision" for technology, capture illustrations of what it looks like in classrooms, develop plan for sharing with staff

Timeline Membership structure Process Structure
 * work on and release January to June 09
 * create vision statement by March
 * have teachers implement to illustrate components of vision statement March-June
 * have something ready to share by end of June (probably shared next September)
 * vision statement will be connected to budget process as much as possible this year and will play a major role in future years
 * Short after school meeting in late January
 * share samples and get people thinking about vision statements and what they include to establish a frame of reference
 * Full day release time kick-off meeting in February
 * maybe bring in David Jakes for the day
 * share the possibilities and get members enthused
 * a building principal
 * Mark and Barb
 * 2 teachers from each building (3 from HS)
 * 1 higher technology user
 * 1 middle of the road technology user
 * Josh, Patti, Lori, Laurie, and Scott
 * 2 HS students (HS teacher members and administrators can discuss how to choose these students)
 * 1 sophomore
 * 1 junior
 * Patti will come up with list of names of possible teacher members for HS (3) and MW (2)
 * Lori B will come up with list of names of possible teacher members for VE (2) and NW (2)
 * Laurie H will come up with list of names of possible teacher members for QU (2)
 * Work together to create vision statement draft
 * in preparation for task force meeting Josh, Patti, Lori, and Laurie will
 * collect some samples of vision statements
 * NETS standards
 * samples from Fairport and others
 * videos
 * After a draft of the vision is created,
 * seek input from post-secondary
 * seek input from business
 * bring back to task force for any further revisions and to create final draft
 * Teachers work to implement in classrooms to illustrate components of statement
 * This can include examples of teachers not on the task force already implementing these things.
 * Final vision statement and illustrations shared with staff